(Berlin) German authorities on Tuesday conducted searches of homes and businesses belonging to 10 suspected Iranian spies. The Federal Prosecutors Office ordered the searches after receiving a tip from Germany's domestic intelligence agency. The suspects are believed to are suspected of spying on Israeli and/or Jewish targets on behalf of the al-Quds Brigade, the external operations arm of the powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp (IRGC).
No arrests were made during the raids, which were carried
out in Baden-Württemberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Bavaria and Berlin. Funny enough
earlier this month, Germany summoned Iran's ambassador in Berlin after a
31-year-old Pakistani student was convicted of spying for Iran on Social Democratic
Party (SPD) politician Reinhold Robbe who was the former head of the
German-Israel Friendship Society.
In 2012 an Iranian hit team was despatched to the east of Asia , in which to attack Jews resulting in 4 arrests after the families of Israeli diplomats were targeted.
